Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We will do it to stop them making the poorest in society pay for their mistakes and their broken promises . ’ |
| 2 | The officers guarding him stopped him reaching the governor just in time . |
| 3 | erm , and erm , I do n't know that I ever did this , but I never heard anybody heard anybody walking the street , whistling the National Anthem . |
| 4 | ‘ Additionally could we ask whether it would be possible for you to attend a recording studio at a time convenient to yourself and allow us to record you reciting the refrain ‘ I 'm Roy , I 'm Roy — Roy Of The Reds Am I ! ’ |
| 5 | While we waited for the service to finish we amused ourselves rearranging the flowers on the graves . |
| 6 | I have lived there for fifteen years , but the moment I leave I feel it closing the doors on me with indifference . |
| 7 | So what odds do you lay me finishing the course on the bookie 's favourite ? ’ |
| 8 | over where this bloke and she said , ooh do you mind me feeding the geese here ? |
| 9 | Do you see yourself having the same sort of lifestyle now like James |
| 10 | And that was er under John John was the manager and er I tell you Scott come and he started swearing at me and I says , I did n't m ask you for your bloody job , so next er next morning when they goes , he they had they had me walking the rope . |
| 11 | Er , have we really drawn our programme , we 've got a very complex programme for the , the , tank farm which we did , have we shown ourselves putting the reinforcements in after we 've poured the concrete ? |